A Tikkun Olam Scavenger Hunt by Stephanie Hadassah
Buy this book at Amazon, Walmart, or Barnes & Noble Rebecca and Ari are on a mission to make the world a better place! Join these curious twins as they embark on a Tikkun...
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Queen Esther by John Irving
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in...
Christmas in Yiddish Tradition: The Untold Story by Jordan Chad
Offers the provocative argument that Jews had long celebrated Christmas in the “Old World“ This book seeks to answer a perplexing question: Why were Christmas traditions once transmitted in Yiddish, a language exclusive to...
Hoot Goes to Israel by Ryan Bellerose
Designer: Genya Vinnikov Hoot Goes to Israel is a beautifully illustrated children’s travel-adventure story that follows Hoot, a curious little owl who secretly stows away in Ryan’s suitcase and joins him on a journey across...
Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond by Laurel Kratochvila
Discover the vast and varied Polish baking tradition, old and new, Jewish and diasporic, in this authoritative collection of 120+ recipes from James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila. Poland’s distinctive baking culture is a...
Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life by Jack Wertheimer
The American Jewish philanthropic enterprise is unparalleled in scope, dynamism, and the diversity of funders and the causes they support. Yet even as Jewish giving has been largely successful in responding with alacrity to...
A Dragon Called Spark: A Hanukkah Story by Lily Murray
Illustrator: Kirsti Beautyman Lonely in a new town during Hanukkah, Eva finds comfort in her imaginary dragon, Spark. As candles glow and friendships grow, miracles—big and small—bring light to the darkness in this heartwarming...
Late Blossoms by Merav Fima
Ten women.All of them migrants.All of them artists.A singular location: Jerusalem. Anna Ticho is a seasoned Viennese hostess who longs to start painting again, though the desolation of Jerusalem offers little inspiration. Even though...
When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing by Lola Lafon
Translator: Lauren Elkin A quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France’s leading feminist public intellectuals In 2021, the award‑winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight—alone for ten...
The 55 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2025
Here are the 55 books I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2025. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site”...
